This episode’s guest is sister Elvira Tutolo, a Sister of Charity who has been involved in Central Africa for 32 years.
We caught up with her in Bangui, the capital city, to have her tell us about her involvement in various missionary fields, particularly with the youngest, abandoned to the fate of the street.
In the belief that children should not end up in orphanages, but have the right to a family, the Kizito Fraternity Center was in fact born in Berbérati, the second largest city by population in the Central African Republic. Here local families are formed to take care of the street children, love them and follow them along with their children, throughout their lives.
Sister Elvira is also known for her battles in denouncing the illegality of the imprisonment of minors in prison alongside adults and for offering an alternative to young people at risk of recruitment by armed gangs or drug addiction. Also in Berbérati, a rehabilitation center has been opened for them.
Regarding education, Sister Elvira calls it “the key to change”. But the situation she witnesses is not always conducive to optimal environments. Indeed, she describes to us classrooms with 150-200 children, sitting on the floor with a blackboard. “But what are we getting at?” she tells us.
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